She has certain charms...
Posted on 10/09/2014 2:29:04 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
haha. refreshing honesty there :)
It could have been worse: he could have been Mark Hamill...
Full disclosure: I was in the 1968 high school play with Mark Hamill at Nile C. Kinnick, aka Yo-Hi, in Yokohama. I was a freshman, he was a senior, but I played the school principal and he played Henry Aldrich. Mark was the consummate stage actor, and had a powerful presence, which oddly enough didn't seem to translate to film or television; I'm not sure why, because we all could see his dramatic ability.
Guinness also said that he got a backend deal on the Star Wars film, something like 1% of the net. Even that paid well for him and he made out making something like over $1 Million.
Even so I see exactly what he is talking about considering the extraordinary career he had.
He donated his entire salary from that movie to British War Relief, I think it was about $200,000 at the time which would be about $20 Million in today’s money.
Star Wars made and killed Hamill’s career. He might’ve been better off staying in the Grant Goodeve role that he originated in “Eight is Enough.” He probably would’ve had steady and solid work after that.
I’ve never heard a nice thing about her.
Last night I watched Suddenly, a B movie with Frank Sinatra and Sterling Hayden about an attempted Presidential assassination. It's interesting as a period piece, but then on a lark I looked up the child co-star, Kim Charney, who was in a few B movies and a TV episode or two. So what did he do with his life? Left the sound stage and became a vascular surgeon, still working today at 68. Now that's impressive. The world could use more Dr. Charneys and fewer...I'll let you fill it in.
Obi Wan-Kenobi wasn’t exactly the best role of his career (if anything, SW was elevated because of his participation, not the other way around). If I were him, I’d have probably told the lad to go see his works such as “Kwai” or “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” or a host of other meatier parts he played (or his comedies, such as “The Horse’s Mouth”).
She has certain charms...
I forgive him for his great voice work for Skyrim.
He did an excellent Joker.
Wonder if Eastwood regrets making those Monkey (left turn clyde) movies long ago.
Cusack’s best role was in “Max” in 2002. He played a Jewish art dealer who meets the young Hitler right after World War I.
Maria Von Trapp hated Sound of Music as well. But the movie was decent, I thought, and it contained one awesome scene where Rolf decides to betray the family and show fealty to the Nazi war effort.
That’s what I thought. Just working for money, like anyone else.
I thought that Plummer was a truly amazing singer, as opposed to the entire cast in the remake. The von Trapps would have been flops if they sounded like the remake cast. lol
Does he do the narration on that? “They should have acted. They were already there. The Elder Scrolls told of their return.”
My 2-year-old is crazy about the “Elder Scrolls V” trailer. “The dragon! I want the dragon.”
I thought those movies were great.
However, I think that Paint Your Wagon is regrettable.
...or the scene where his teacher asked his permission to “ask Beth out”. :)
I think Max von Sydow (sp?) does the narration. Plummer does a couple of voices, I think, but I remember him as one of the Greybeards.
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